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| My Favorite Stories / RL GOEHl'H year. 1896. this item p newspapers: p Earthquake hquMte Miotics ??.ore ens in North Caro in other parts of (any people were id frightened. The on. S. C? is said ?reafly, and many ted to have lost A Rulicli came item it brought hack memories of long ago. He was 14 years old at the time of the quake and visiting his uncle. Ben Bolich, at Denver, which is near Rock Spiings Camp-meeting grounds in piedmont North Caro lina. The camp-meetings always concluded on the second Sunday j iii August, The Rev. M. V. Sherrill | was preacher-in-charge. He w as a | distinguished looking man w ith a | black beard and, unless we're mis j taken, he was Frank Sherill's I grandfather. When the time came to close I he camp-meeting Mr. Sherriil de cided to keep it running a while longer a* a protracted meeting. He \ isn't exactly satisfied with re sults. A lot of devout church members were in attendance, but there also were a number who never bad made a profession of faith. As a matter of fact, only 'three converts had come forward Mr. Sherriil felt that if the meet ing could be run a while longer, much better results would be ob 1 tabled. So the meetings went on. (in the night of September 1, Mr. Sherrill preached a powerful sermon. He told those who were still unsaved that they were traveling down the road to hell just as fast as they could go. He urged them to come forward and give their hearts and lives to the service of God. But they didn't come. Then Mr, Sherrill called upon a fine old layman. Mr. John Q. Howard, to lead in prayer. Mr. Howard was recognized as a past master at praying. When he threw back his head, closed his eyes and opened his mouth, words came forth which made the welkin ring with their eloquence, force and sincerity; Mr. Howard started praying, and his prayerWent something like this, ' according to Captain Bolich: "Oh, Lord, we are a sinful people. There ' are those among us whose necks are stiiV and whose hearts are cold. They refuse to bow to thy will and thv power. Oh, Lord, this earth of ours, which we think is so great is only thy foot-stool. Place thy foot upon it. Shake it and make our sinful people realize that thou : art master of all things. Shake it so that they will know that you are displeased with the way they are living." I And so on. for about ten minutes. \ Finally he said "Amen!" and sat j down. It seemed impossible that any one could resist a prayer like that, but when Mr. Sherrill renewed his ' invitation, none of the sinners came [ forward. i And then it happened! ' The earth began to tremble. The J arbor began to rattle and squeak. For a moment the congregation sat there absolutely stunned. Then they let out one collective yell and proceeded to get out from under the shaking arbor. There were three different tremors, each of which could be felt distinctly. The last one was the most violent of all. After that, there was quiet and silence. The people waited for about fifteen minutes, fearful that God's shaking of the foot-stool would be contin ued. But it wasn't, and they all began to breathe more easily. "Will everybody please return to their seats!" shouted Mr. Sher rilL Slowly the people went back into the arbor. They looked at Mr. Howard with undisguised awe and admiration. One old lady was heard to whisper: "1 ain't at all surprised. I've always told you that he was the best-praying man at these here meetings." A hymn was sung. Then Mr. Sherrill slowly rose to his feet. Without any* preliminaries, he said: "We now will be glad to take into the church anyone who comes for ward and makes a profession of lus faith." As Captain Bolich recalls it. 64 men and women went rushing up the aisle to shake hands with the preacher. They begged to be taken into the church before Mr. How ard could get started praying again. After the services, peoplq gath ered around Mr. Howard and shook his hand. Here, indeed, was a man to be honored, respected and fear ed.. When he sent up petitions to the heavenly throne, there was no delay in getting an answer, j Yes sir. Mr. Howard was a great man; no question about that. And his greatness lasted for two days. During that period of time, many people visited him and beg ged him to send up prayers in ?ehalf of their own alTairs. Thev ' mew for a fact that any man who ?ould be the direct cause of the ;arth being shaken, could certainlv In such things as cure a sick mule >r find a lost cow. At rhe end of hat time, the news of the Char lesion earthquake became knowi and thereupon Mr. Howard's pres tige waned somewhat. English is the language of Li beria which was founded by Negroes from the United States. TWO ESCAPE BLAST THAT WRECKED HOME J A FIREMAN SURVEYS the wreckage In the bedroom of the blast-torn Los Angeles home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Markey where Monica, 2, held by her mother (left), was asleep at the time of the explosion. 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